Empirical evidence for declines in fitness components (survival and reproductive
performance) with age has recently accumulated in wild populations, highlighting that the …

According to recent empirical studies, reproductive senescence, the decline in reproductive
success with increasing age, seems to be nearly ubiquitous in the wild. However, a clear …

The extent to which the age of parents at reproduction can affect offspring lifespan and other
fitness-related traits is important in our understanding of the selective forces shaping life …

Deterioration of reproductive traits with age is observed in an increasing number of species.
Although such deterioration is often attributed to reproductive senescence, a within …

Conservation breeding programs such as zoos play a major role in preventing extinction, but
their sustainability may be impeded by neutral and adaptive population genetic change …

A species has a post‐reproductive stage if, like humans, a female entering the adult
population can expect to live a substantial proportion of their life after their last reproductive …

Longitudinal studies of senescence accumulate rapidly from natural populations. However, it
is largely unknown whether different fitness components senesce in parallel, how …

Reproductive senescence is evident across many mammalian species. An emerging
perspective considers components of reproductive senescence as evolutionarily distinct …

Heterogeneity within a population is a pervasive challenge for studies of individual life-
histories. Population-level patterns in age-specific reproductive success can be broken …

Maternal senescence is the detrimental effect of increased maternal age on offspring
performance. Despite much recent interest given to describing this phenomenon, its …